Sakine Meiko

Sakine Meiko is an officially recognized derivative based on Vocaloid Meiko, she is acknowledged by Crypton Future Media, the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for Vocaloid 2, for commercial use. Her name Sakine 咲音, literally means "Blooming Sound" and has the same pronunciation as 先音, "Preceding Sound," i.e., she precedes Hatsune Miku. Her family name is sometimes shared among her other fanmade "siblings", such as Meito in particular.

Design
Sakine Meiko's design is reminiscent to that of Meiko, a Vocaloid 1 developed and distributed by Crypton Future Media. She has light brown hair styled into teased bob. She has a side swept bangs and her eyes are brown and large, done in a style similar to illustrator Kei. On her left upper arm is the black mark "00 MEIKO", its significance is currently unexplained, though it may likely be homage to Meiko's mark being CRV1.

Her top is red-orange sleeveless crop top with a black hem. The rest of her attire follows the same color scheme. She has a red choker, wears fingerless gloves with computerized print, a frilled skirt with a white belt, and another belt that hangs on her left side. She wears light brown boots with white fur trim, and has headphones.

Personality
A popular portrayal is treating her as one who is youthful and hyper. However, there has been no defined personality for her, as she was created to be Meiko in her younger years. The fandom displays her personality as being a little naive, and does not engage in the drinking of alcohol, unlike adult Meiko.

Source: Vocaloid Wiki
She was conceived through the efforts of Producers working with Meiko's voice. This was owed largely to the fact that Meiko had become forgotten because of Hatsune Miku's popularity, leaving both her and Kaito behind, Meiko in particular did not have the young sounding voice of the released Vocaloid 2 voicebanks released at the time and therefore was not as appealing as they were to the Vocaloid Otaku based fandom. Sakine Meiko was established by Nanameue-P to push the limits of the Vocaloid software to make Meiko sound younger. Her official setting is "the Meiko who came into the music trend in the age of 16" (i.e., she is not a younger Meiko variation but Meiko when she was young) and Nanameue-P is "the producer who rediscovered Meiko in her youth". She was later made famous by the PV "Honey" featuring her and other derivatives such as Yowane Haku and Akita Neru, as well as the UTAU Kasane Teto alongside official Crypton Vocaloids. Her staying power resulted in being recognized by Crypton who adopted other derivatives such as: Hachune Miku, Akita Neru, Yowane Haku, and Tako Luka.

Voice portrayals
Unfortunately, Japanese producer Nanameue-P has not disclosed the voice configuration so far, though theoretically, she carries a younger voice (and perhaps higher-pitched voice as well) of Meiko.

For future references, the examples of configuration on the Fanloid wikia should not be viewed as being widely accepted.

Relationships
While Sakine Meiko's appearance is meant to reflect a Vocaloid2 and represent a younger version of Meiko herself. She is commonly treated as a separate character, resulting in her being a younger sibling to Meiko and the younger sister of Meito.

Appearances

 * MikuMikuDance (MMD), 3D software
 * An MMD model of Sakine Meiko was created in November 2008 by modeler Kio. See the Meiko Sakine (Kio) page for details, and also see other Sakine Meiko models.


 * Project Diva (PD), game
 * Sakine Meiko is an available character in the PSP game, Hatsune Miku ~Project Diva~ and again as a playable character in its sequel. Her appearance in the games is slightly different from Daigoman's design.


 * Fanmade Promotional Videos (PV)
 * Sakine Meiko is commonly seen in fanmade videos, portrayed in various ways or simply dancing. At one time, her MMD model was used in place of Meiko.


 * Merchandise
 * Official licensed Sakine Meiko figurines have been produced, such as Nendoroid Puchi and a scale model.


 * Artwork
 * Search Sakine Meiko on deviantArt Pixiv Piapro


 * Media
 * Search Sakine Meiko on YouTube NicoVideo

Trivia

 * It is common to refer to Sakine Meiko as her namesake, or simply Sakine. The original Meiko is sometimes identified through this name as well, being the personification of Meiko when she was young.


 * There is also another fanmade who's name is pronounced similar to Sakine Meiko, and belonging to the Hagane group as Sakerune Meiko. The only connection these two share is being derived from Meiko.

Gallery
Note; this is not a gallery for every fanart out there, just for reference